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Understanding or stone thrower?
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<blockquote data-quote="witzend" data-source="post: 283024" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>I have very little tolerance for dead babies, but it has more to do with how unprepared people seem to be for parenthood. They're not dolls. They cry, stink, pooh, and keep you awake. Not to mention, the next 10 - 12 years at least is going to be <em>all about them</em> because compassion is something you learn over time. </p><p></p><p>There seems to be a subculture of people who feel that the number of babies that they have define who they are (particularly as men). When you have a baby, it should be about what you want for the baby, not about what you want for you. When it takes a few weeks or months to get to the point where you have shaken that baby to death, that says to me that everyone has failed that parent, and the parent has failed that baby.</p><p></p><p>You can argue whether or not two adults consent. You can't argue about a dead baby. <em>Somebody</em> did it, and it's a failure in society because we all know how it happens and we all know how to prevent it. Every parent leaves the hospital these days being told "No matter what, don't ever shake your baby, it will give it brain damage or kill it." They did it in spite of knowing what could happen. Given a choice, <em>I'm</em> throwing stones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="witzend, post: 283024, member: 99"] I have very little tolerance for dead babies, but it has more to do with how unprepared people seem to be for parenthood. They're not dolls. They cry, stink, pooh, and keep you awake. Not to mention, the next 10 - 12 years at least is going to be [I]all about them[/I] because compassion is something you learn over time. There seems to be a subculture of people who feel that the number of babies that they have define who they are (particularly as men). When you have a baby, it should be about what you want for the baby, not about what you want for you. When it takes a few weeks or months to get to the point where you have shaken that baby to death, that says to me that everyone has failed that parent, and the parent has failed that baby. You can argue whether or not two adults consent. You can't argue about a dead baby. [I]Somebody[/I] did it, and it's a failure in society because we all know how it happens and we all know how to prevent it. Every parent leaves the hospital these days being told "No matter what, don't ever shake your baby, it will give it brain damage or kill it." They did it in spite of knowing what could happen. Given a choice, [I]I'm[/I] throwing stones. [/QUOTE]
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